Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Steel of the Heart

It's sizzling!

Boom boom boom!

The sound was like metal clashing, seemingly about to shatter one's eardrums. The impact of the halberd colliding with the lizard caused the huge trees, some hundreds of meters tall, to bend over, and some were even broken in half by the shockwave.

This time, however, Xiang Bei was not forced back. The superposition of the three layers of water made Xiang Bei's attack extremely heavy, and the compression of the water domain also increased the power of Xiang Bei's attack.

With a single blow, the star-level lizard was sent flying.

Of course, Xiang Bei wasn't having an easy time either. After all, he was a powerful being at the Hengxing level. Even if he had extremely poor control over his own abilities, he was still far beyond what ordinary planetary-level martial artists could achieve by feigning injury.

Just as Xiang Bei sent the first star-level lizard flying with a single halberd strike, the second star-level lizard caught up. Compared to the first lizard, which was covered in jet-black scales, this lizard had a striking red hair on its chest.

"Get out of here!"

With a furious roar, Xiang Bei swiftly changed his stance with his halberd, and the sound of surging waves seemed to rise in the air. He swung the halberd, and in an instant, it seemed that Xiang Bei swung the halberd hundreds of times at the same time, each swing faster and stronger than the last.

It was as if one after another towering wave was crashing against the body of the red-haired lizard in a short period of time.

Blood splattered everywhere as the halberd's blade pierced the scales of the red-haired lizard in the blink of an eye, causing a large amount of blood to gush out.

However, the lizard ignored everything and stretched out a sharp claw to swat at Xiang Bei.

"Clang clang"

With a crisp, resounding crack, Xiang Bei was forced back dozens of steps, once again distancing himself from the swarm of lizards.

Without any hesitation, Xiang Bei flew away again. The two star-level lizards were putting considerable pressure on him, and while the three were fighting, the surrounding lizard swarm had already surrounded him.

Several lizards blocked the way from all directions.

"die!"

Seeing that Xiang Bei was about to run away, two planetary-level lizards blocked his way without hesitation, their two pairs of crimson eyes filled with hatred.

However, compared to the eternal-level lizards, these planetary-level ones are far too weak.

In the instant Xiang Bei passed by them, he had already severed the heads of the two planetary-level lizards.

"Eh?"

An angry roar rang out again from behind Xiang Bei. Clearly, after Xiang Bei killed the two lizards in front of him, the two star-level lizards became even more enraged.

Unfortunately, Xiang Bei had no time to care about them. With his powerful eyesight, as he broke through the encirclement, he spotted a winding river over a hundred kilometers away in mid-air. It looked to be several thousand meters wide, enough for Xiang Bei to conceal himself.

However, at that moment, a third aura of the Hengxing level appeared in the distance, and judging from its strength, this one was probably more powerful than the previous two combined.

It must be a life form at least at the fourth level of a planet.

Just as Xiang Bei made his judgment, a one-eyed lizard, which was clearly half a head taller than the previous two star-level lizards, crashed through the trees and charged towards Xiang Bei.

"Boom!"

With just one strike, Xiang Bei only had time to parry with his halberd before being sent flying by the one-eyed lizard. He crashed through countless towering trees along the way before slamming heavily onto the ground, creating a deep crater.

Immediately afterwards, two more star-level lizards came chasing after him, and Xiang Bei was suddenly surrounded by three star-level lizards.

As Xiang Bei crawled out from underground, his armor reduced the force of the attack, but the attack from the Star-level lizard was still terrifying, leaving him with countless injuries.

At the same time, Xiang Bei's gaze became increasingly serious.

The pressure from three star-level opponents is immense, and there's even a possibility of a life-or-death crisis for him.

Xiang Bei then glanced at the cooldown time of Heartsteel.

I spent more than three hours in the gathering place of the lizards, and then escaped for more than ten minutes while being chased and intercepted by these lizards. Now there are less than five minutes left before the cooldown is over.

"Hold on a little longer." Xiang Bei narrowed his eyes slightly. His current life force was enormous, and after being converted into attack power by the Heart Steel, it was even more terrifying. Even a star-level martial artist would find it difficult to resist if they tried to withstand it.

If he seizes the right opportunity, he might be able to reverse the situation and turn the tide.

"Eee!" "Eee!" "Eee!"

Unpleasant cries rang out from the mouths of several lizards. Then, these three star-level lizards, showing no regard for martial ethics, launched an attack on Xiang Bei while bullying the smaller one.

Three enormous figures, like three towering metal walls, crashed down on Xiang Bei.

Xiang Bei naturally wouldn't confront these lizards head-on. His body moved swiftly like flowing water, directly avoiding the attack of the strongest one-eyed lizard.

He then swiftly changed his movement and stepped on the tail of another lizard that was whipping at him.

The tail, resembling the scales of a giant lizard, shattered a towering tree but failed to cause Xiang Bei any harm.

After Xiang Bei dodged the attacks of two lizards, the last lizard came to his front. This time, Xiang Bei did not dodge. He flipped his halberd and smashed it down like a falling meteor with the sound of water.

Then, with a loud "boom," the halberd slammed mercilessly into the red-haired lizard's head, the immense force seemingly about to flatten its skull.

Unsurprisingly, the red-haired lizard was swatted away in the blink of an eye and sank deep into the ground.

"Come on!" Xiang Bei shouted, ignoring the roars of the lizards, and continued to fight the three lizards while brandishing his battle halberd.

A tremendous roar echoed continuously through the dense forest, and countless trees, some over a hundred meters tall, were destroyed by the aftershocks of Xiang Bei's battle with the Hengxing-level Tulizards.

In short, wherever the four left their mark, the land was left in a state of utter devastation, as if it had been plowed.

However, under the combined attack of three star-level lizards, Xiang Bei was eventually outmatched and gradually fell into a disadvantageous position.

The injuries he had sustained from the one-eyed lizard were aggravated.

Although Xiang Bei's halberd inflicted considerable damage on the three star-level lizards, the injuries were not too severe to influence the outcome of the battle.

However, under Xiang Bei's special enticement, the battlefield between the two sides was getting closer and closer to the great river that Xiang Bei had discovered.

The river's waters surge and flow endlessly, the rolling waves rushing towards the distance, never to return.

On the banks of the great river where the two sides were engaged in a fierce battle, Xiang Bei glanced at the surging river. Although he was still being chased more and more miserably by the lizard, a slight smile appeared on his lips.